right-wing 1 of 2

adjective

Definition of right-wingnext
as in antiliberal

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right-wing

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noun

as in rightist

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for right-wing
  1. conservative
  2. stodgy
  3. archconservative
  4. ultraright
  5. right
  6. dowdy
  7. staunch
Noun
  • That’s particularly true on the Republican side, where Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) faces an uncertain future, particularly in a GOP minority, due to opposition from conservatives in his conference.
    Emily Brooks, The Hill, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Some German conservatives, in their hatred of the Weimar Republic and the Treaty of Versailles, embraced right-wing mass politics.
    George Packer, The Atlantic, 5 Nov. 2024
Definition of conservative
Adjective
  • Through a melodic flow of political parlance and an impressive stable of sprightly actors, creator Debora Cahn stages a spirited play about political relationships — and relationship politics — that never feels stodgy or stupefying, despite an ungodly amount of dialogue.
    Ben Travers, IndieWire, 30 Oct. 2024
  • Just like the Jeffersons, the new RHONY is moving on up, but out of the stodgy Upper East Side and to the cooler confines of downtown.
    Brian Moylan, Vulture, 21 Oct. 2024
Definition of stodgy
Noun
  • Rachmaninoff has gone from being widely viewed as a musical archconservative to a protomodernist.
    Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2023
  • Brat is an archconservative who knocked out an establishment Republican, but his district is changing.
    Dylan Scott, Vox, 11 June 2018
Definition of archconservative
Adjective
  • Since then, McCarthy has had to tread somewhat lightly between the ultraright caucus and the rest of his party.
    Prem Thakker, The New Republic, 10 Mar. 2023
  • Because Jesuits often sided with El Salvador’s poor and some kept records of human rights violations, they were hated by the country’s ultraright.
    New York Times, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2021
Definition of ultraright
Adjective
  • The Purdy-McCaffrey combo showed up best a few snaps before Kittle’s touchdown: McCaffrey raced down the right sideline past linebacker Lavonte David and caught a 30-yard prayer from Purdy, who unloaded that pass just before getting drilled in the chest by William Gholston.
    Cam Inman, The Mercury News, 10 Nov. 2024
  • If one trips while talking into the camera and knocks over a few others, everybody will be cool, right?
    Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 9 Nov. 2024
Definition of right
Adjective
  • In contrast to the depictions of suffragists as dowdy old maids, the woman portrayed in this postcard is conventionally attractive and fashionably dressed.
    Natalie Kinkade, JSTOR Daily, 25 Sep. 2024
  • At 570 Fifth, on the corner of West 46th Street, a new tower will soon rise to replace an array of dowdy prewar holdouts.
    Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 2 July 2024
Definition of dowdy
Adjective
  • In 2019, many people opted to boycott Home Depot following Marcus' staunch support of Trump.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
  • President Richard Nixon, who signed the Controlled Substances Act in 1970, which prohibited many psychedelics, was close friends with Claire Boothe Luce, a Republican Congress member and staunch advocate for psychedelic therapy.
    Shayla Love, The Atlantic, 1 Nov. 2024
Definition of staunch
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